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  2. The Wife of Bath's Tale - Wikipedia

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    The Wife appears to make reference to prostitution, whereby "love" in the form of sex is a "deal," bought and sold. The character's use of words, such as "dette (debt)" [22] and "paiement (payment)" [23] also portray love in economic terms, as did the medieval Church: sex was the debt women owed to the men that they married. Hence, while the ...

  3. Guinevere - Wikipedia

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    An ambitious and strong-willed woman, she is a great support to Arthur and they develop a strong undeniable attraction. However, she is married to Leontes, one of Arthur's most loyal knights, which frustrates their relationship. In the 2016 video game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, there is a playable character named Guinevere. Unlike in other ...

  4. Category:Wives of knights - Wikipedia

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    This category pertains to women entitled to the courtesy title of Lady through marriage to a British knight. (Substantive knighthoods, not honorary.) (Substantive knighthoods, not honorary.) Wives of men who were already British peers when they received knighthoods should not be included.

  5. Sir Kay - Wikipedia

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    Kay is the main character of Phyllis Ann Karr's 1982 novel The Idylls of the Queen. Expanding on a scene from the classic tales in which a knight is poisoned at Guinevere's feast and the queen is accused of the crime, Karr turns her story into a murder mystery with Kay as the detective attempting to discover the truth.

  6. List of Arthurian characters - Wikipedia

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    Son to King Ban and Elaine, most famous for his affair with Queen Guinevere, Arthur's wife, most prominent Knight of the Round Table Lanval† Landevale, Launfal, Lambewell Lanval, late 12th century Sir Landevale, Sir Launfal, Sir Lambewell: A knight of King Arthur's court who falls in love with a fairy Laudine: Lady of the Fountain

  7. Loathly lady - Wikipedia

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    Together, the Knight and the Loathly Lady tell the women of the court that women desire sovereignty the most in their love life: women want to be treated as equal partners in their love relationships. The Wife of Bath continues with her tale and says that the loathly woman asks the knight to marry her in return for helping him.

  8. Dame - Wikipedia

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    Formerly, a knight's wife was given the title of Dame before her name, but this usage was replaced by Lady during the 17th century. The title of Dame as the official equivalent of a knight was introduced in 1917 with the introduction of the Order of the British Empire, and was subsequently extended to the Royal Victorian Order in 1936, the ...

  9. Lady of the Lake - Wikipedia

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    The Lady of the Lake (French: Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Welsh: Arglwyddes y Llyn, Cornish: Arlodhes an Lynn, Breton: Itron al Lenn, Italian: Dama del Lago) is a title used by multiple characters in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur.